Antirattling spring for window sashes



June 2, 1931.

J. POLACHEK ET AL ANTIRATTLING SPRING FOR WINDOW SASHES Filed May 24, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IWverfiOPS, JOHN Pam cHEK, JuL/usflEpsE/v "*1 I [am/Np PEPE/7A WW W/MQ Patented June 2, 1931 PATENT ounce aonnseotacnnx or ou, AND .aomzus a. JEIS NAND EDMUND renew, or

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This invention relates to improvements in windows and. more particularly to devices or means for providingai-r and dustproof joints between the fixed frames and their associate parts and the movable sashes, and further to prevent undue lateral play of the sashes in ltheir. guidew-ays, thus elim inating rattling.

The. present invention is part cularly adapted for effective use in connection with windows-havingmetallic frames and sashes bconstructed as shown and ,descr'ibed ln pat- ;ent'granted to us onlJuly "I9, 1927, No.

1,636,241, window, wherein the sash guides memb'ersare formed with grooves, but, of course, the invention may be applied to wind'ow frames not provided with these grooves, if suificientfsp'ace'is provided for the installation thereof. p

This device is also intended to'ren'der pos-' itive the effecting of continuous niu'ltiple contacts, metal to metal, .as between the frame and sash members.

In carrying out our invention in connec tion with a window constructed according to the above identified patent, we may drill .two or moreholes through theouter web portions of the stiles of slidable sashes, preferablynpposite the above mentioned grooves and 'in or fromthese "holes we mayplace, suspend or "hang a number of resilient elements, each preferably having-an elongated body with a portion thereof bearing against described.

the outer sash guide members of the frame or. against the bottom of thegroove above Ot e port en the s nata. b d es Q f th resi en membe s m v'be r in d y shanks, pro-curved longitudinally and h aving a right angular Hook extension to en gage the holes in the window sashes,'the .said curvature of the shanks being in a direction opposite to the direction of the said right r1 angular extension so that when applied OPQIQLHVG position thespring thrusts exerted by the sh-ankgportion will be in the axial line of the said "hook 1 extension.

This spring also is so formed that normal-lyt'is only slightly flexed in its position between the i rmme and sashvme'm' ber' thus avoiding resistance to the free sliding of t he sashes, but is sufiiciently strong to' preyent lateral sash movement underwi-nd pressure.

In the drawings-forming part of this specifioation similar referenceeharacters are employed to design-ate corresponding parts throughout the several views, i-n-whi chi Lisa-face View of a window the i elements of our invention applied thereto and partly broken away to show more clearily how one element is suspended or supported in position Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-section of the window on the broken line of :Fig. 1. I V r I v Fig, 3 is ahori-zontal dnoss section of one side of the Window. on :a still largerscale.

taken about on the skip broken -l'ines 33 of Fig. 2. a

Fig. 4. isa perspeetive detail viowgof a preferred form o'gf the resilient e lel nen t em- 'ployed. I ifteferring to the drawings in "detail *we show at EBO'Q-a Windowof a well known construction having the usual ffiIflH-l'filjl, sashes V 12, compnisingmeeti ng rails 13, and iupper gand j lower rails 14 and'de and stiles or side I rails '16. each side the fram'e L1 is shaped'to form an ou terguide wa l l 17 ha-ving a groove 18 formed "its inner jface. Garr-ied vcentraiflyof theffrarne 1 1 is a hol flow par-ting strip 19- vandarran-ged near. the inner edge o f the frame ll is-another uide having groove 21 in its inner lface. 3 Y

The iouterwa lls of webs of the-sash stiles or side rails 16,, are provided with.

appropriately pqsitionedholes 23, through 'permanent, securing an improved; closure and rattle proof operation of the sashes in,

which hook extensions 24 of wire shanks- 25 extend. These wire shanks or lengths are of spring material and are pre-curved outwardly, longitudinally and away from or opposite the rectangularly bent hook extensions 24, as 'at 26, thus constituting in cf- 7 feet, resilient members or elements, which stiles into intimate air and 'dustproof con-' .tact with the opposite sidesof theparting strip 19 to prevent lateral rattling move-.

ment of the said sash stiles.

It will be obvious that the resilient antirattling membersare carried by and slide with the sashes when moved up and down I inthe window frameand are quicklyrecarried by the-stationary portions of the window construction and ride on and exert moved and replaced when necessary.

The action ofour spring elements, will alsopress the meeting rails' to one another as well as the upperand lower rails to the parting strip,gthereb'y making a perfect closing for the sashes around their total circumferences when the window is closed.

The resilient elements may naturally be their action against the sliding sashes, in both forms their action being continuous and any position thereof.

. What we claim as new, is:

Itis understood that certain changes and variations may be'inade in the constructions. of the various parts of our inventlon and we reserve our rights to such changes as. are within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

. It is also especially remarked that the anti-rattling device in its preferred embodiment is entirely concealed between the sash.

and-jamb parts of the window.

1. In a window embodying a frame having innerand outer guides and parting strips between which the stiles of the window sashes are operated, resilient elements comprising rods having their ends bent at an angle to the shank and arranged between the outer ,faces of the said stiles and; said inner and outer guides of the frame, for

the purpose set forth. Y H

2. In a window embodying a frame having inner and outer guide and parting strips between which the stiles of the window. sashes are operated, resilient elements arranged between the outer faces of the said stiles and said inner and outer guides, of the frame, for the purpose set forth, said resiland slidable with the said sashes and having their ends bent at an angle to pass through openings in said stiles.

3'. In a window embodying: a frame having inner and outer guide and parting strips between which the stiles: of the window sashes are operated, resilient elements ar-,

ranged between the outer faces of the said stiles and said inner and'ou'ter guides of the frame, for the purpose set forth said resilient elements being'carried by and slidable with the said sashes, and comprising longitudinally extending curved wires having hooks to enter holesrin the sides of said sashes.

4. In a window having a slidable sash with a guide for the same, a resilient element interposed between a stile of the sash, and

-. the face of the guide for saidelement to urge said sash away from said guide, said resilient element being loosely suspended from said sash'andadapted to permitthe sliding of the sash and acting thereon in any of a its positions.

5. In a window, having a slidable sash with a guide for the same, a resilient element interposed between a stileofthesash and the face of the guide for saidelement to urge said sash away from said guide, said resilient element being in the'form of an elongatedspring device loosely mounted on the sash and riding on said guide.

6. In a. window construction a sash, a frame having guides for said sash and a resilient element, loosely suspended at one end from said sash and fitted'between the same and one of said guides.

7. In a window construction a sash having an opening therein, a frame having guides for said sash,'and a resilient rod having its end bent at an angle adapted to extend through said opening, said rod being fitted between said sash and one of said guides. v

8. In a'window construction a sash having ,a stile with an opening therein, a framehavingguides for-said sash, and" means carried by said sash and extending through said said guides. I

9. Inrawindow construction a sash hav-. ingja stile with an opening therein, a frame having guides for said sash, and'means ex. tending through said opening cooperating between one of said uides and said stile to hold the sash against another of said guides. 7

Signed at Long Island City, in the county opening for holdingthe sash against one of v of'Queens, and State of New York, this 13th day of May, 1929. I I J OHN'POL'ACHEK.

JULIUS A. J EPSEN.

EDMUND PEREMI.

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